Kala has been visiting her sister and brother-in-law in NC for a bit and I joined them all for Kala's birthday and more. We had a great visit but are now back in COS for a bit. Beyond great Burial brews and gifts for my birthday, which we celebrated on day 1 here are some other keen events. On Saturday we watched lots of CFB and attended the Randy Rainbow "concert" @ DPAC in Durham and enjoyed a good Latin meal @ Luna. RR was a mixed media event (huge screen of his YouTube vids behind a live band) with lots of left-leaning political references, queer rights cut ups, and song parodies. It was pretty funny.
Sunday we were able to visit nephew Kyle at his new place in Chapel Hill. He is super-excited to have been able to move back to the triangle and score a teaching gig as a Spanish teacher with the school system there. This especially after having spent his early years in much smaller towns in the mountains of the mid-Atlantic. He's a hoot and doing very well at the new school; it was great to spend some time with him. We hit a fine Cantonese dim sum place for brunch, and were joined by Sandy & Joseph (who's from Macau!) for some leadership through the dishes. Of course additionally we watched the NFL and parsed a tense fantasy football matchup pitting Karla against Kevin.
Monday was a cooler but still gorgeous day. After a nice Karla breakfast, she chose a hike in the woods named sycamore loop in Umstead Pk. It was a very nice tramp (that's the New Zealand word for hike) ~ most of the foliage is down already but there was a smattering of remaining colors. We stopped at a "log art" installation along the way.
Afterward we headed to Wake Forest for a stop at a brewery where Kevin was able to grab a six of a favored Red Oak amber. Mondays are pretty dead in restaurants and bars in NC but we had fun. We were home in plenty of time for the important fantasy final for the week; I mean MNF, where the Eagles suffered their 1st loss and Karla secured the win despite the initial odds against the FF master.
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